Our videographer Robert Libetti and I were invited to visit Necker by Virgin Limited Edition, Branson's company that manages the rentals of the island and his other luxurious vacation retreats, and we got to live the life of the rich and the famous from two and a half days.

The Necker Island houses feature exotic, open-air Balinese design, multi-level accommodations, pools and sweeping vistas. I stayed at Bali Lo, a villa located in the middle of the island. There are no keys, and in some cases no doors, or walls.

Every living room area has a coffee and tea station, and...

...a stocked mini bar with mostly juice and soda beverages, but also the famous and delicious Necker champagne.

There is a huge TV that I never turned on (most of the guests never do), and a Bose sound system connected to a CD player and iPod dock. Wi-Fi is surprisingly strong at every villa, dining, bar and pool area.

...a well-read copy of the last installment of Fifty Shades Of Gray, left by a previous guest, whose identity was not disclosed.

Here is my bedroom on the next level up. Invisible staff prepped my bed for sleep every night while I was at dinner, and made it up every morning during breakfast. I never saw any of this activity. The bar and food staff called the maids as soon as we showed up for a meal or a cocktail outside of our villas.

It's pretty much outdoors. The netting prevents mosquito attacks and stops falling leaves, but if it rains (which it did one morning), you shower in the rain, which is pretty cool.

Despite the screens, you are never alone. There were about 20 geckos (indigenous to Necker) and other lizards in my bathroom, and hermit crabs that kept wandering in. These visitors were absolutely harmless, and never came near me.

My view from my toilet took a little time to adjust to. My bathroom was close to one of the small roads going through the island and I could hear occasionally cars and people passing by. And I could even see a bit of the path. Check out the direct point of view from the toilet with some traffic passing by.

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If you think that my bathroom was exposed, check out this one. No screens, completely open.